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Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Conference Quarterfinals, Game 2 · Apr 14, 2012 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 39
Boston Bruins 1 44

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
17:57 WSH Troy Brouwer (1) Alex Ovechkin (1), Karl Alzner (1) 1 - 0
3rd Period
12:13 BOS Benoit Pouliot (1) Brian Rolston (1), Chris Kelly (1) 1 - 1
Overtime 2
02:56 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) Marcus Johansson (1) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:13 BOS Zdeno Chara Holding 2
09:52 WSH Mike Green Hooking 2
12:35 BOS Chris Kelly Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:54 WSH Roman Hamrlik Cross checking 2
11:11 BOS Brad Marchand High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 55 47 39 2 2.0 36.7
Boston Bruins 86 59 44 1 2.0 63.3

How the game went

051015202530Start2nd3rdOTBoston Bruins aheadWashington Capitals ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 17:57 of 2nd, a 26% chanceWSH goal, 2:56 of overtime, a 4% chanceBOS goal, 12:13 of 3rd, a 9% chanceWSH 2.0BOS 2.0

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Washington Capitals
Boston Bruins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson20:5035.332.01-0
Brooks Laich · Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer15:0335.550.71-0
Jason Chimera · Mathieu Perreault · Jay Beagle8:2445.573.00-0
Joel Ward · Matt Hendricks · Keith Aucoin6:3640.031.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Hamrlik · Mike Green25:3243.655.71-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson24:4046.344.30-0
Dennis Wideman · Jeff Schultz12:3717.418.00-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 30:03 0.20 14-25 0.28-0.56
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 0 1 1 0 3 6 23:23 0.44 13-23 0.50-0.49
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 28:01 0.22 15-29 0.53-0.67
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 31:11 0.03 20-26 0.71-0.65
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 28:00 0.02 14-24 0.28-0.57
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:36 0.08 5-23 0.11-0.55
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 28:54 0.17 13-26 0.26-0.60
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:36 9-11 0.24-0.26
15 Keith Aucoin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:21 0.05 7-10 0.13-0.24
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:55 8-13 0.19-0.14
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 25:00 0.39 14-24 0.51-0.51
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 33:28 0.10 19-27 0.62-0.37
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 30:55 0.01 19-29 0.37-0.46
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:08 0.09 7-9 0.19-0.25
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:16 4-21 0.10-0.49
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 31:21 0.02 21-26 0.45-0.69
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 19:36 0.18 9-20 0.19-0.28
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:56 9-14 0.25-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 44 43 1 82:56 1.79 +0.79

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Krejci · Rich Peverley · Milan Lucic18:0063.065.70-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin16:2971.454.70-0
Brian Rolston · Chris Kelly · Benoit Pouliot13:0655.041.51-1
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille7:2264.377.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dennis Seidenberg26:3072.178.00-0
Andrew Ference · Johnny Boychuk22:1156.355.70-1
Joe Corvo · Greg Zanon15:3655.251.21-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:00 0.11 13-11 0.37-0.50
12 Brian Rolston R 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 18:13 0.19 15-9 0.39-0.46
22 Chris Kelly C 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 19:37 0.08 17-13 0.49-0.53
4 Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:39 0.01 16-15 0.40-0.64
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33:55 0.02 32-12 0.58-0.16
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:59 0.13 13-6 0.32-0.09
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:59 0.06 13-8 0.32-0.16
17 Rich Peverley C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 26:40 0.25 21-15 0.47-0.33
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 26:34 0.02 23-13 0.52-0.24
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 29:35 0.03 22-15 0.47-0.37
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 08:02 0.06 9-5 0.26-0.08
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 33:44 0.08 38-14 0.74-0.17
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 25:12 0.24 23-13 0.31-0.29
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 27:57 0.25 24-15 0.52-0.35
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 28:06 0.07 22-18 0.54-0.63
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 23:49 0.24 28-11 0.39-0.24
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:36 0.04 22-14 0.49-0.39
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 26:04 0.09 29-13 0.44-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas L 39 37 2 82:56 1.84 -0.16